Penholder



N0. 607,2!3. Patented July 12, I898. 1. H. CAMPBELL.

P E N H 0 L D E R.

(Applicatign filed 00:. 7, 1897.)

(No Model.)

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NITED STATES v JAMES HENRY GAMPBELL, OF SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA.

PENHOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 607,213, dated July 12,1898.

Application filed October 7, 1897. Serial No. 654,354. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JAMES HENRY CAMP- BELL, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at San Jose, in the county of Santa Clara and State ofCalifornia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inPenholders, of which the following is a full and complete specification,such as will enable those skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same.

This invention relates to penholders; and the objects thereof are toprovide an improved device of this class which is simple in constructionand operation and which is provided wit-l1 improved means for ejectingthe pen or removing the same from the holder; and with these and otherobjects in view the invention consists in the construction, combination,and arrangement of parts hereinafter described and claimed.

The invention is fully disclosed in the following specification, ofwhich the accompanying drawings form a part, in which- Figure 1 is aplan View of my improved penholder, showing the pen in position; Fig. 2,a central longitudinal section on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3, asection on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2, and Fig. 4: a plan view of aspring-ring which forms a part of the holder.

In the drawings forming part of this speci- 'iication the separate partsof my improvement are designated by the same numerals of reference ineach of the views, and in said drawings I have shown at 5 an ordinarypenstock, and mounted on the end thereof is a tube 6, which is providedat its outer end with a baclnvardly-curved flange or rim 7, and formedin the outer end of the tube 6 and extending through the flange or rim 7is a lou gitudinal slot 8.

The tube 6 projects to a predetermined distance beyond the end of thepen-stock, and mounted therein beneath the slot 8 is a circular plate 9,said plate being semicircular in cross-section and provided at its sidesor edges with outwardly-directed longitudinal flanges 10, and said plateis also provided With'a longitudinal slot 11, which corresponds with theslot 8 in the tube 6 and opens outwardly, and the tube 6 and plate 9 aremade of thin spring metal. I

The tube 6 and plate 9 are united at their inner ends by means of arivet 12, and pass ing through the slots 8 and 11 in the tube 6 andplate 9 is a sliding pin 13, which is provided at its inner end with ahead 14: and at its outer end with an enlarged knob or head 15, and saidpin is adapted to be moved longitudinally along said slots by means ofthe knob or head 15. r

I also employ a spring-ring 16, which is shown in Figs. 2, 3, and 4, andsaid ring is an open ring, and the ends thereof overlap and arepreferably provided with outwardlydirected lugs or projections 17, andin practice this ring is secured in the bottom of the tube 6, near theouter .end thereof, by a rivet or otherwise, as shown at 18, and theoverlapping end of said sprin g-rin g supports the outer end of theplate 9, and the outwardly-directed lugs or projections 17 projectbeneath the sides of the edges of .said plate, as clearly shown in Fig.3, and this affords a yielding support for the outer end of the plate 9.

I have also shown at 19 a pen, and in practice the pen is connected withmy improved holder by forcing the butt-end thereof. between the outerends of the tube 6 and plate 9, and this operation is facilitated bymeans of the flanges 11 on the plate 9, the slots 8 and 11, formed insaid tube and said plate, and also by the outwardly-curved flange or rim7 on the end of the tube 6, and said pen may be ejected from the holderWhenever desired by simply forcing the pin 13 outwardly, as will bereadily understood.

The object of forming the outwardly and backwardly curved flange or rim7 on the end of the tube 6 is to provide a guard to prevent the pen frombeing inserted too farinto the ink, and also to prevent ink from reach-=ing the fingers, and my improved penholder is simple in construction andoperation and is also comparatively inexpensive, while being welladapted to accomplish the result for which it is intended.

Having fully described my invention, I

claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. A penholderconsisting of a tube which is provided with a longitudinal slot whichopens at the outer end thereof, a curved or segmental plate mounted insaid tube beneath said slot and provided with a similar slot, a pinmounted to slide in said slots, said tube and said plate being connectedat the inner end of said plate, and an open springring mounted in saidtube near the outer end thereof, and serving to support the outer end ofsaid plate, substantially as shown and described.

53. A penholder consisting of a tube which is provided with alongitudinal slot which opens at the outer end thereof, a curved orsegmental plate mounted in said tube beneath said slot and provided witha similar slot, said tube and said plate being connected at the innerend of said plate, and an open spring-ring mounted in said tube near theouter end thereof, and serving to support the outer end of said plate,said spring-ring having overlapping ends and terminal flanges, and alongitudinally movable pin which passes through the slots in said tubeand said plate, substantially as shown and described.

A penholder consisting of a tube which is provided with a longitudinalslot which opens at the outer end thereof, a curved or segmental platemounted in said tube beneath said slot and provided with a similar slot,said tube and said plate being connected at the inner end of said plate,and an open spring-ring mounted in said tube near the outer end thereof,and serving to support the outer end of said plate, and alongitudinallymovable Pin which passes through the slots in said tubeand said plate, the outer end of said tube being also provided with abackwardly-curved annular flange or rim, substantially as shown anddescribed.

4. A penholder consisting of a tube which is provided with alongitudinal slot which opens at the outer end thereof, and abackwardly-curved flange or rim, a curved or segmental plate mounted insaid tube beneath said slot and provided with a similar slot, said tubeand said plate being connected at the inner end of said plate, and anopen springring mounted in said tube near the outer end thereof, saidring having overlapping and flanged ends and serving to support theouter end of said plate, and a longitudinally-movable pin which passesthrough the slots in said tube and said plate, and said plate beingprovided at the edges or sides thereof with outwardly-directedlongitudinal flanges, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed myname, in presence of the subscribing witnesses, this th day ofSeptember, 1897.

JAMES HENRY CAMPBELL.

\Vitnesses:

ISAAC S. Tnomson, IIERBER'J. Bnrncns.

